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US 4,361,115 AGranted
Horse exerciser
OwnerWendell A. Pikeinventor
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Abstract
The bottoms of transverse slats making up the upper run of a treadmill of a horse exerciser slide along the flat upper surfaces of a plurality of longitudinal support rails to provide a stable surface for the hooves of a horse being exercised. The transverse slats are affixed to links of two roller chains which are guided by and/or driven by sprockets. Each transverse slat includes an upper surface of wear-resistant resilient material which permits use of the exerciser by horses shod with shoes having winter calks.
Claims7
A horse exerciser comprising:
- a conveyor belt having an upper run and a lower run;
- means for driving said conveyor belt;
- said conveyor belt being formed of transverse substantially rigid slats linked together;
- each of said slats being a U-shaped steel channel extending substantially the entire transverse dimension of said slats with the opening of the U facing upward in the upper run;
- a rubber material molded to fill said opening in said U-shaped steel channel and to project a substantial distance thereabove thereby to provide a resilient outer surface on said slat whereby said slats provide stable footing for said horse and provide resistance to damage from hooves of said horse;
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- means for stably supporting said slats in a substantial portion of said upper run.
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A horse exerciser comprising:
- a frame;
- a floor in said frame;
- first and second pairs of spaced-apart aligned sprockets in said frame;
- first and second parallel endless runs of roller chain consisting of hingeably connected links;
- each run of roller chain engaging one sprocket of each of said pairs of sprockets;
- a plurality of substantially contiguous parallel transverse slats, each of said slats being affixed to a corresponding link in each of said two runs of roller chain, said slats forming an upper and a lower run of a conveyor belt;
- each of said slats being a U-shaped steel channel extending substantially the entire transverse dimension of said slats with the opening of the U facing upward in the upper run;
- a rubber material molded to fill said opening in said U-shaped steel channel and to project a substantial distance thereabove thereby to provide a resilient outer surface on said slat whereby said slats provide stable footing for said horse and provide resistance to damage from hooves of said horse;
- first, second and third longitudinal support rails on said floor each having a substantially flat upper surface contacting and supporting an underside of said slats in a substantial portion of said upper run;
- said second longitudinal support rail being disposed midway between said first and second runs of roller chain;
- said first and third longitudinal support rails being disposed on opposite sides outside said first and second runs of roller chain;
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- means for driving at least one of said pairs of sprockets.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.